Please any doctor or nurse help me ?
Male 24, I have been really really sick for couple of months. I had all these tests before and well and that time Doctors diagnosed me with chem imbalance depression and Anxiety.
I haven’t taken any SSRI yet as I am not convinced I have depression.
My symptoms include a lot of weakness. no energy in legs, arms and legs get heavy.fatigue, my appetite is craving for sweets and fry foods. I hate waking up in morning and sleep all day and I am up all night. I have withdrawn from everything as I feel to ill in general.
I barely go outside and this has been hapening from past 5 months.
I went to another doctor and she has ordered following tests.
Biochemistry- Glucose, TSH, Creatine, Uric Acid, Sodium, Pottasium, Chloride, CK, ALT, Bilirubin, Albumin, Cholestrol, B12, Ferritin, Urinalysis (Chemeical)
CBC
Other Tests - Si Calcium
Vit D
ESR
CRP
FOBT (Fecal Occult Blood Test)
All these Tests came out good lie nothing abnormal.
My Doctor is referring me to psychiatrist.
I mean I seriously think I dying of some mysterious illness and have lost all hope. Seriously I don’t think I have depression or anxiety atall!!
I went to Cardiologist who performed several tests and said my heart is fine.
Will all these tests gave doctor a good indication if I am physically healthy.
Now I think I have some of rare disease like LYME Disease ?/??
If I had Lyme disease would it show something abnormal in above tests ?
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There are three lab tests generally used to diagnose Lyme disease:
Enzyme-linked immunoabsorbent assay (ELISA)
Indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA)
PreVue burgdorferi antibody detection assay
It doesn’t look like you’ve had those particular tests. If you really don’t feel like you are depressed, persist in getting answers. Sometimes when something isn’t easily or readily diagnosed, it’s chalked up to depression and that may not be the case.
Your symptoms sound like some of the possible symptoms of Lyme disease, and I think Lyme is a strong possibility, especially since Lyme disease is NOT rare. It is actually quite common, but underdiagnosed and underreported.
Those tests you had will not show if you have Lyme disease. In fact, most Lyme disease tests will not show if you have Lyme disease, because most of the Lyme disease tests are very inaccurate.
To know whether you have Lyme disease or not, you should see a "lyme literate" doctor (LLMD).
You can ask on the following message board for some doctors near you. http://flash.lymenet.org/scripts/ultimatebb.cgi
Some more websites for further information:
http://www.ilads.org
http://www.lymediseaseassociation.org